{"id":441629,"date":"2022-05-03T23:58:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T20:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/google-employee-calls-out-companys-gotcha-interview-questions\/"},"modified":"2022-05-03T23:58:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T20:58:03","slug":"google-employee-calls-out-companys-gotcha-interview-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-employee-calls-out-companys-gotcha-interview-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"#Google employee calls out company\u2019s \u2018gotcha\u2019 interview questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a262a68253cd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a262a68253cd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/google-employee-calls-out-companys-gotcha-interview-questions\/#%E2%80%9CGoogle_employee_calls_out_companys_%E2%80%98gotcha_interview_questions%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Google employee calls out company\u2019s \u2018gotcha\u2019 interview questions&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGoogle_employee_calls_out_companys_%E2%80%98gotcha_interview_questions%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Google employee calls out company\u2019s \u2018gotcha\u2019 interview questions&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--syndicated\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__header\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__logo\">\n                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"144\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/the-sun-logo-06-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=144&amp;h=96&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_small size-nyp_small\" alt=\"The Sun\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/the-sun-logo-06-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=288 288w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/the-sun-logo-06-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=216 216w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/the-sun-logo-06-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=144 144w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/the-sun-logo-06-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=72 72w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/the-sun-logo-06-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\"\/><br \/>\n                                        <\/a>\n                                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Google employees are revolting against the company\u2019s twisted interview process.<\/p>\n<p>An insider says the interviews are led by misguided administrators asking irrelevant questions.<\/p>\n<p>A disgruntled\u00a0Google\u00a0employee posted a warning for all would-be <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>licants to the anonymous corporate message board Blind.<\/p>\n<p>In a post titled \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.teamblind.com\/post\/I-hate-Googlers-f3X3Q4ic\">I hate Googlers<\/a>\u201d the author divulged Google\u2019s peculiar strategy of asking interview questions that could only be answered by seasoned teams of experts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy are you asking interview questions that require space partitioning trees or 4d dynamic programming?\u201d the post scornfully pleaded.<\/p>\n<p>Google was thought to have abandoned its atypical interview strategy.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2022\/04\/28\/google-abandoned-interview-riddles-asking-frustrating-gotcha-questions-hiring-employee-says-blind\/\">Fortune<\/a>\u00a0flagged a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/06\/20\/business\/in-head-hunting-big-data-may-not-be-such-a-big-deal.html?pagewanted=all\">2013 New York Times article<\/a>\u00a0that quoted a Google executive saying their interview process needed a pivot after they realized \u201cthat brain teasers are a complete waste of time. They don\u2019t predict anything. They serve primarily to make the interviewer feel smart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, according to the Blind post, condescension and aimless questions are still present in interviews.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/google-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Google\" class=\"wp-image-22127103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/google-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/google-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/google-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>In a 2013 New York Times article a Google executive called asking brain teasers during job interviews \u201ca complete waste of time.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThese morons who write hard interview questions don\u2019t even come up with the right answer,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorse, these people will have a \u2018know it all\u2019 attitude and will become visibly annoyed with you if you try to convince them that they\u2019re wrong, guaranteeing an instant failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quirky interview strategies are a long-standing part of Silicon Valley culture.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Thiel, a billionaire and Silicon Valley legend, deployed brain teasers as a hiring strategy at PayPal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/peter-thiel.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Peter Thiel\" class=\"wp-image-22127118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/peter-thiel.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/peter-thiel.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/peter-thiel.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Peter Thiel would ask brain teasers during interviews at PayPal. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Steve Jobs ripped people from assignments at\u00a0Apple\u00a0to join him on other internal endeavors if they showed that they could stand up to him \u2013 Walter Isaacson\u2019s biography of Jobs includes an anecdote about an award for employees who best held their ground against Jobs.<\/p>\n<p>These criteria are not analytical of a potential employee\u2019s computing abilities but the strategy is ingrained in Silicon Valley\u2019s fixation with outside-the-box thinking.<\/p>\n<p>The Google employee racked up over 400 likes on Blind \u2013 and concluded with a cathartic \u201cThanks for coming to my TED talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/steve-jobs.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Apple CEO Steve Jobs\" class=\"wp-image-22127156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/steve-jobs.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/steve-jobs.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/steve-jobs.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>There was an award for employees at Apple who did the best job holding their own during an argument with CEO Steve Jobs. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coincidentally, TED posts\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/playlists\/352\/talks_to_watch_before_a_job_in\">field guides<\/a>\u00a0for acing and administering interviews of all types.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story originally appeared on <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/5254921\/can-you-answer-the-crazy-gotcha-questions-in-interviews\/\"><em>The Sun<\/em><\/a><em> and has been reproduced here with permission.\u00a0<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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